Cellular Phonebook Backup Pal Review

Hey folks, Valkor here. I’m still on the CES 2008 kick, and
if you’ve followed me in the previous years, you’ll know it will be like this
for the next couple of months. This next piece of tech, I received while JayDub
and I were walking the show floor on the final day of the big show. We ran into
this gentleman who was hyping his own product sans booth. Literally he was
working out of a decorative box on wheels, but don’t let looks deceive you, he’s
walking around with gold. GOLD I tell ya! Introducing a piece of work you won’t
wanna leave your house without, the Cellular Phonebook Backup Pal.

This little cylinder object doesn’t look like much, but when
I say you don’t wanna leave the house without it, you really don’t wanna leave
the house without it. I’ve made it a point to insure my Backup Pal is with me
before I take any journey. Has this ever happened to you: Have you ever dropped
your phone? Lost it? Screen breaks? Bought a new phone and you wanna transfer
all your contacts from the old to the new? Or just out of frustration you toss
your phone? Now imagine all your phone contacts that you didn’t write down,
gone! Of course there are other backup options, but you may not have one at the
moment the incident occurs and BOOM! In one fell stroke, all your contact
information was just wiped out like the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith. Well with
the Backup Pal, you can do your back up on the fly and you won’t have to worry
about your info because if anything does happen to your cellphone, your
contacts will be safely stored within the confines of Backup Pal.

I did my own test, where I deleted all my contacts. I know
risky move but I do anything for you lovely readers out there. Even risk losing
all my contacts from my job, home and web life. First I insured my connection
was set to USB and Back up Pal was plugged into its adapter. I proceeded to
plug my phone to the BP and with a push of a button my contact info was being
stored. You can tell with the flashing yellow lights, which then switched to a
solid green that let me know it was finished. Now came the big jump, yea it
freaked me out to do it but in the end I wiped out my entire contact list. Once
that’s done, I proceed to plug the phone back into BP and pray…

And what do you know… It worked!

I’ll be damned if all my contact info was returned intact.
Not only did it return all my phone numbers, it replaced them in their appropriate
spot. Some numbers I had saved on my SIM and some were saved to the phone. Kudos
Backup Pal.

The Good

First it’s small and won’t take up too much space in your
messenger, canvas bag, purse or backpack. It’s a little heavy but nothing that’s
distracting. The great thing about Back Up Pal is that it works and it works
great. It’s very simple to use and everything is appropriately labeled so that
even idiots such as me can figure it out. Plus on the back is a ledger so you’ll
know how to read the blinking lights. The whole process takes but a minute to
connect to the phone and about a minute to two minutes to restore all my
contacts. Not bad.

The Bad

Not too much bad. But my initial first look of the product I
thought it had an onscreen display. But alas it was not to be. Next incarnation
may have one plus, when I spoke to the rep he said in the future it will be
able to backup all your photos, ringtones and such. Believe me once you add up
how much one pays for ringtones, you’ll definitely need a Backup Pal.

The Ugly

N/A

Kudos goes out to Backup Pal for making it as an essential
device, here in the Val-cave. I wish I had it when my Razr Black dropped and
the screen did break. It took a month just to get all my numbers back. Now that
I’m all backed up I won’t have to worry much with my current phone. Retails for
49.99, hopefully that comes down a tad, but I think it’s worth the price for
piece of mind such as what the device offers. The BP comes in a variety of flavors, specific to your
phone or you can just purchase the tip.So you'll be covered no matter what. So out of 5 stars I’m gonna give the
Backup Pal 4 stars. Definitely something you folks will wanna check out. Backup
Pal has been Valkor tested and TOV approved.